02/09/2026
The Hypocrisy of Bad Bunny…
Manners and Nuff respect to my Latino brothers and sisters across the African diaspora, which includes Puerto Rico, Panama and other Spanish speaking nations where Spanish Reggae/Spanish Dancehall took root (aka Reggaeton).
HOWEVER, until this matter of multi billion dollar cultural appropriation, intellectual property theft and outright disrespect for original Jamaican Music Culture is corrected I don’t support Bad Bunny nor any purveyor of Reggaeton—the originators must be formally recognized and fully compensated.
The misunderstanding of, and unlicensed use of, an iconic Dancehall riddim/Jamaican Riddim Culture which is a foundational PILLAR of Jamaican Sound System Culture (JSSC) (a key component of modern Jamaican Music Culture) is at the root of a court case wherein Bad Bunny and many pop artists refuse to credit and compensate the Jamaican originators that created the beat foundational to the multi billion dollar Reggaeton genre.
Over 1,800 reggaeton and pop songs, including those by artists like Drake, Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee, and Bad Bunny, infringe on the 1989 Fish Market riddim, more popularly known via legendary Shabba Ranks “Dem Bow” Riddim.
So, that Jamaican flag being flown during Bad Bunny’s halftime performance is beyond hypocrisy.
While I loved the presence of and necessary representation of NATIVE Latino culture on arguably entertainment’s biggest stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance denoted African/Latino diaspora unity of historically enslaved and oppressed peoples across the Caribbean using the very Jamaican riddim baseline that Bad Bunny and other artists are actively fighting in a case relative to the infringement of the rights of and effectively oppressing legendary Jamaican creatives.
How are you pushing diaspora unity and oppressing your Jamaican brothers, and Jamaican Culture, at the same time?
And, is it by design that only Jamaican media has covered the court case while mainstream media is radio silent?
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